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2 0 - 1 1 - 2 0 0 5 ‘Alien-obsessed’ doc suspended
Weymouth doctor disciplined after allegedly attacking boyfriend
By DENNIS TATZ BOSTON - Weymouth doctor Joseph E. Kalinowski was allegedly obsessed with space aliens, drank heavily and pumped himself full of human growth hormone to fight infection and aging. Now he faces charges that he nearly killed his live-in boyfriend by slashing the man’s neck with a shard of glass. The state Board of Registration in Medicine has suspended the license of the former Quincy Medical Center and Brockton Hospital physician following an investigation into his recent arrest for allegedly attacking the unnamed victim. In a press release, the board called him ‘‘an immediate threat to the public health, safety and welfare.’’ Kalinowski, 41, who specializes in emergency and internal medicine, allegedly pushed the man, also 41, down stairs during an argument at the home they shared and slashed the man’s hands and neck with a large piece of glass from a broken vase. The alleged attack happened on Nov. 5. The wound on the victim’s neck, which was about an inch from his jugular vein, was nearly fatal, according to a report filed by the medical registration board’s investigator. The man got out of the house, called police and was taken to Boston Medical Center for treatment. The two men began living together at Kalinowski’s Weymouth home shortly after they met in an Internet chat room in April. Kalinowski, who has been a doctor in Massachusetts since 1997, allegedly admitted to police that he drank alcohol daily and his consumption increased when he was out of work. ‘‘The allegations are very serious,’’ Nancy Achin Audesse, a spokeswoman for the medical board said yesterday. ‘‘The board doesn’t need a conviction to take this action. The behavior alleged is very troubling. The suspension is in effect until the case is resolved.’’ Kalinowski was arraigned Nov. 7 in Quincy District Court on charges of armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He was sent the next day to Quincy Mental Health Center for a 20-day evaluation. Following his arrest, police took the doctor to South Shore Hospital in Weymouth when he told officers he hadn’t been taking his anti-depression medication and was feeling suicidal. Kalinowski also reportedly told Weymouth police Sgt. Richard Fuller that he had been fired from Quincy Medical Center because he was gay, and more recently, had lost his job at Brockton Hospital for unknown reasons. He was associated with Quincy Medical Center from March 2001 to March 2005. Hospital spokeswoman Denise Spillane said Kalinowski did not complete an application to renew his staff privileges. Kalinowski worked in the emergency room at Brockton Hospital until he was fired in June, spokesman Richard Copp said today. He declined to elaborate. ‘‘Doctor Kalinowski was obsessed with aliens,’’ medical board investigator Philip A. Beattie Jr. wrote in an affidavit. ‘‘Doctor Kalinowski often expressed his belief that aliens had visited this planet and was convinced they would return.’’ The state board said the doctor prescribed most of his own drugs, which included Celexa, Clomid and Neurontin, and filled the prescriptions at the Jackson Square CVS pharmacy in Weymouth. He also ordered syringes and human growth hormone from a pharmaceutical company in Florida and used Androgel, a testosterone spray gel, the board said. The victim told the medical board investigator and police that Kalinowski used syringes to inject himself with steroids and human growth hormone. A week before the alleged attack, Kalinowski had put his house up for sale and had contacted a Navy recruiter on the Internet about signing up for military duty as a doctor. Kalinowski allegedly told police that he was in debt and couldn’t pay his mortgage. He said he had applied for a position at Caritas Norwood Hospital, but later withdrew from consideration when he learned that his credentials wouldn’t be accepted. ‘‘Doctor Kalinowski told Sgt. Fuller that he was convinced his medical career was over,’’ Beattie stated in the affidavit. ‘‘Doctor Kalinowski said that he knew he needed psychiatric help and wished to enter a treatment program.’’ The doctor, who is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, is a 1989 graduate of Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Kalinowski can appeal his suspension to the state’s division of Administrative Law Appeals. |
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